<p>Hey guys, so I’m a current sophomore at UCLA with a 3.88ish GPA. I was just accepted into Cornell (which was my first choice in high school) for spring transfer admission, but I’ve been recently thinking that I might turn down that offer and apply to Stanford in the fall for transfer admission. My question is how likely am I to get into Stanford if I have gotten into Cornell as a transfer? Does anybody have transfer rates for Stanford? I know that Stanford has a slight edge in the prestige department, but from what I know of stats it seems that both schools have similar numbers. Any advice would help. Thanks. </p>
<p>For the record, I’d apply as an anthropology student.</p>
<p>Yeh, Anthro! That is just what I wanted to study for undergrad. I picked Cornell to apply to though, partly because I’m here in the MidWest and Stanford is away, but we had one girl apply to Stanford EA and she got in, and she was in almost all my classes through high school. Anyway, I would say for you to take the offer at Cornell. There is no gurantee that you’ll get into Stanford. And Cornell has a very good Anthro programme just the same. Perhaps do grad study at Stanford. I’m looking to do some, but it’s Cornell for undergrad, but then again I’ve mentioned my bias before. However, to return to your question I would say take Cornell as there is no gurantee on Stanford. I mean what if they turn you down, where would you be? Definately not Ithaca…</p>
<p>Hey, as you are a Californian I would recommend UC-Berkley as a very good school to look at if you do decide to transfer somewhere. They have a very good programme and graduate a very large number of Anthropologists. Of course Chicago is the best place in the world for Anthro, but I would never go there for undergrad. Fun goes there to die, and the Squirrels are better looking than the girls.</p>
<p>In conclusion, I would say Cornell’s Anthro department would serve you better as an undergrad. It is the breadth and depth of the courses that is what lured me there. Sure, Stanford may have more prestige, but Cornell still is an Ivy lol, and both have very good Anthro departments. Then again Stanford may be able to better serve you if you stay on the West Coast.</p>
<p>I’m apply to both Stanford and Cornell. If both schools accept me, I’ll take Stanford in a heartbeat because it has a very good Sociology program in the area of Economic Sociology, which I want to major in.</p>
<p>I want to leave UCLA not because I don’t enjoy it, but because I want the best law school placement I can get, which seems to coincide with undergrad school prestige. I’d definitely rate Cornell and Stanford more prestigious than UCLA, though it’s certainly a damn fine school in its own right. Plus, I have always liked Cornell a lot, and have always seen myself going there.</p>
<p>“I want to leave UCLA not because I don’t enjoy it, but because I want the best law school placement I can get, which seems to coincide with undergrad school prestige.”</p>
<p>That’s a pretty bad reason to transfer. Undergrad school prestige plays a minimal role in law school admissions.</p>
<p>dont law school admissions fall greatly upon a good GPA as undergrad? a 3.88 at a school like UCLA doesn’t sound half bad. keep it up, and maybe you wont even have to worry about transferring anywhere?</p>
<p>I am a little confused. Isn’t Cornell on semseter system? Does that mean you will be heading to Cornell in about three weeks if you decide to accept the offer?</p>
<p>I second im_blue and sunkist. The difference between UCLA and Cornell is pretty small and it’s your GPA (along with LSAT score) that plays a bigger role in law school admission. If you have been doing good at UCLA, chances are you will be able to keep it up. Transferring to another school entails adapting to a new environment and new system. That may put you in a competitive disadvantage compared to other Cornell students who have already been there for 2 years. Is your GPA trasnferrable to Cornell? My guess is it is not. That means a bad grade in one of your classes at Cornell would ruin your Cornell GPA pretty badly and your margin of error will therefore be a lot smaller.</p>
<p>Well, your LSDAS GPA (the one all law schools consider) counts every college class equally, so transferring doesn’t matter in that respect. I just don’t see the point of paying a lot of money when it won’t really matter. If you’re getting a lot of financial and Cornell costs the same as UCLA, and you really like Cornell’s environment more, then go ahead and transfer by all means.</p>
<p>yea law school and med school admissions isn’t nearly as holistic as undergrad admissions. It’s just GPA or LSAT and MCAT score. From what I’ve heard, the workload at Cornell is ridiculous, so if ur doing pretty well at UCLA, ur better off staying there.</p>
<p>do you guys know anything about the index GPA scores that different law schools use? this is the system that distinguishes a 3.9 at UCLA and a 3.9 at like, Chico State, for example. I’ve heard at schools like Penn, for example, that most law schools basically add 0.3 to the undergrad GPA to put them on a level palying field with other, lesser schools.</p>
<p>Law schools note your undergrad institution, but there isn’t any systematic way of adding bonus GPA points; it just doesn’t work that way. Berkeley used to have that system, but they’ve done away with that. And it’s not like UCLA is Chico State and Cornell is HYP; the prestige difference is basically negligible.</p>
<p>You seem kinda lost. Most people here were discussing whether he/she should stay at UCLA, not promoting Stanford.</p>
<p>D_Bliz,
If you go to Harvard’s law school website, you can find that there are currently 41 students from UCLA and 40 students from Cornell. Keep in mind that UCLA has a bigger student body but Cornell is geographically a lot closer to Harvard. Taking these two into account, it seems to me the difference between UCLA and Cornell, like many already suggested, is insignificant. By the way, you got to love the fact you can still wear just T-shirt outside in Westwood today!</p>